Charity Matters June/July 2010 ISSUE 31

BOYCOTT THOSE NICE CANADIANS
Those who feel strongly against the slaughter of seal pups in Canada should stop buying Canadian seafood and should not visit Canada until the cull is banned….

MORE CHINESE CRUELTY
Around 10,000 bears are being kept in tiny cages on bear farms in China, to be milked for their bile, a highly prized ingredient in Chinese traditional medicine….

COURT IN THE LONG RUN
The organisers of the London Marathon are taking legal action against a Channel 4 Dispatches episode Tracing the Marathon’s Millions….

EXPLOITING THE POOR TO GET RICH?
Retailer Brighthouse, which makes its money selling aspirational products to credit-impaired households at an annual rate of interest of 29.9% over three years has….

FRAUD TRIAL
George Gray, 50, is to appear at City of Westminster Magistrates Court on June 14 charged over an alleged £253,000 fraud at the Foundation for Integrated Health….

MODEL CHARGED WITH FRAUD
Serbian model Katarina Rebraca, 37, has been arrested for allegedly embezzling £327,000 from her breast cancer charity and spending it on lavish parties, a Jeep….

EAT YOUR GREENS
Children who fail to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day are depriving themselves of essential vitamins and nutrients, and could be at increased risk….

ITS CHARITABLE ASDA BOYO
An Asda store in Cardiff started charging charity collectors £100 to operate in its store….